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Can Moms Demand Action do to gun extremists what MADD did to drunk drivers?
Concealed carry laws may be associated with a 33% rise in gun crime.
’“Right-to-carry laws are associated with substantially higher rates’ of aggravated assault, robbery, rape and murder.”
Gun violence in America, in seven charts
Public investment in road and vehicle safety has yielded results that have saved tens of thousands of lives. Investments in automobile safety research is more than 100x greater than research conducted on firearms deaths.
Majority of Texas voters oppose campus carry
A survey commissioned by Everytown for Gun Safety says 63 percent of respondents don’t think college students should be allowed to carry concealed handguns on campus. A greater number of those polled opposed concealed handguns in classrooms or dorms.
Man Dies After Being Shot in Georgia Nightclub
We already know that guns and alcohol don’t mix – in fact, the U.S. Department of Justice found that more than 40% of people convicted in homicide cases had been drinking at the time of the murder.
But in just the past week we’ve seen more proof points for why guns and alcohol are a deadly combination. Last week a Texas woman was shot and killed by a stray bullet outside a bar in North Georgia. And just yesterday there was a fatal shooting at a nightclub in Columbus, GA that killed a musician.
Just months ago, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed the “Guns Everywhere” bill into law that allows guns to be carried into bars all across the state. The results speak for themselves.
Guns and alcohol don’t mix, and these two horrible tragedies are the most recent examples why.
That’s almost two a week.
70 of those kids might be alive today had the firearm been stored responsibly. Laws to prevent children from accessing unsecured guns save lives.
Learn more about your state’s child access laws, and download resources to learn what you can do to make your community safer.
Nearly 20% of Boston’s crime guns come from these two states where background checks aren’t required for unlicensed sales.
Read the study every.tw/1LuxD1B
And check out what additional steps Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is taking to curb gun violence every.tw/1FapKBy
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Everytown’s gun violence Survivor Fellowship program!
Americans across parties agree: we must #StopDownloadableGuns.
Send Secretary Pompeo a message and tell him that the State Department should not enable criminals and terrorists to 3D-print untraceable guns in their own homes: everytown.org/3D
Saturday is the first day of National Gun Violence Survivors Week – when we ask everyone to shine a spotlight on the stories of Americans who have had loved ones taken by gun violence, who have been wounded or threatened with a gun, or witnessed a shooting.
We’ll be sharing the stories of survivors and statistics that highlight the impact of gun violence.